Back in July of ’09 Fabulous Frames & Art hosted an art show that was comprised of a “trove” of original Charley Harper gouache paintings on board. The paintings were part of the Ford Motor Company’s Corporate Art Collection.

Exhibition description:

Part of a trove of original paintings in the Corporate Art Collection of the Ford Motor Company “lost” to collectors and the studio itself for 35 years

No one knew they existed until the Ford historian let Charley Harper’s son know they had been relocated along with the Norman Rockwells.

These gems, all gouache paintings on board, were offered for sale to the Harper family subject to approval by Edsel Ford II.

Every painting had appeared at some time or another in the Ford Times or Lincoln Mercury Times Magazines.

My wife and daughter, who at the time wasn’t 2 weeks old, went to the show open. As always Fabulous frames & Art was the place to be. I don’t think I’ve been around so many Charley Harper fanatics as I had that day. The show had visitors from states all around Ohio. I have below a bunch of the photos I took during the show… they aren’t the best due to the reflections on the frame’s glass. Oh, and I could only snap photos of the ones that were shoulder high and below. I wish I could’ve taken photos of all the paintings for those of you who couldn’t make it to the show. Sorry it took me so long to post.

Go to de-OH’s flickr album.

I know there are a few DeLorean cars in the Dayton area but this one was probably the best looking one I’ve seen. I saw this one in Centerville outside a store filled with imported goods from China, some of you know what I’m talking about.

I would’ve waited for the owner to come out and shoot some more photos of the interior and him/her with the car but my little newborn daughter was crying in the back and I had to get home to feed her.

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Back on July 11th Fabulous Frames & Art hosted a show exhibiting a “…trove of original paintings in the Corporate Art Collection of the Ford Motor Company lost to collectors and the studio itself for 35 years.” I was able to go to the show opening with my wife and our, at the time, 11 day old daughter. All of the paintings in the show at one time or another appeared in either the Ford Times or Lincoln Mercury Times Magazines.

I took as many photos as I could of the gouache paintings on board. de-OH’s official post is coming soon but below are two photos to get you all excited!

Detail of "Fishing on Lake Keuka"

Detail of "Mammoth Cave"

Recently I had the pleasure to work with a great group of producers, camera ops, grip & electric crew, countless PA’s and other crew members from all over the country on The Style Newtwork’s hit show Clean House.  The show’s cross country tour landed them in the city of Westwood, Ohio just outside downtown Cincinnati. The Baglien home was the last stop for this season and boy was it a stop. This house took us twice as long as house a “normal” show (keep in mind this was the messiest house in America and we did the entire house, not just a few rooms) and the house had so many possesions/clutter in it that we had to get an out of business Steve & Barry’s retail location to house, sort and sell everything from the Baglien’s home.

Though the neighbors enjoyed us helping out the Baglien family, I’m sure they will not miss our three giant tour buses (one of which was used as John McCain’s Straight Talk Express), the grip truck, the generators, the merch truck, the many pass vans, the giant dumpsters etc. etc.

There was some drama on set as well a couple of times… remember this is a “reality show”… so I can’t wait to see how the show will be cut together in post. The 2 hour special should air around the 4th of July so check your local listings.

Just as an FYI for those that might be wondering… the show was shot on XDCAM. The lighting in the house is all Kino Flo w/daylight lamps… there was also a great deal of ND filters used on the windows at the house as well as at the yard sale location. Outside of the house it was all HMI.

Here are a few photos and a video from the shoot (excuse the quality, they are all off my cell phone):

This is just a cell phone video of a mouse in the basement

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The Bellator Fighting Campionships were in Dayton, Ohio at the Hara Arena a few days ago. It was great to work with Bellator, ESPN Deportes and the entire crew on the show. The fights were great, the event was fun and they even had a Bellator first…. a female MMA fight. This event was part of the Bellator’s first season, so if you are into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and you haven’t heard of the Bellator Fighting Championships look them up.

Checkout the Bellator website, watch some videos, speak a little Spanish, buy a t-shirt and a DVD and maybe we’ll be able see Bellator in the seasons to come.

A few years back Habitat Skateboards teamed up with Charley Harper to create a series of skateboards. A year or so after that they did another series and this year Habitat has come out with a couple more Harper decks in their Fauna Foes series.

When the first series of Habitat/Harper decks came out I bought them all, then drove down to Cincinnati. There I met Charley and his wife at his home/studio, where he signed each deck in the series. It was an honor to meet Charley and see the many works he has created throughout his rich life, including a sketch he made in Europe during WWII. Unfortunately in June of 2007 Charley passed away but the love for his art will last forever.

Many Harper fans don’t know about the skateboards so here are some photos of a few of the decks in the series. I’ve recently hung up five of them in our edit suite… they look great!

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Alien Workshop‘s Mind Field is out after about five years in the making. I made it to the Dayton, Ohio premiere the Wednesday before its worldwide release and I was blown away. Once again Chris Carter and Mike Hill have put out a film second to none. Props have to be given to the director, Greg Hunt, as well as to Hill and Bowers for all the motion graphics. If you’re into J Mascis you’ll love the soundtrack as well.

For those who aren’t aware of what iQuest Golf is check out their site. csDM was the game designer. iQuest Golf recently returned from the 2009 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FL where they were met with great enthusiasm about the year’s hottest game . Buy the game here, you won’t regret it.

Take a look at the iQuest Golf Blog, csDM is almost done with its customization.

Writer/Director Trevor Hollen has recently finished two music videos, one for Atomic Johnny‘s “Galaxy Girl” and the other for Captain of Industry‘s “Healthy Spines.” csDM did the effects on both videos… the film effects, both video and audio, on Galaxy Girl as well as all the effects and editing for Healthy Spines.

Both videos were edited in Final Cut Pro and all effects were completed using After Effects CS3 and other 3rd party plugins and/or presets.

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*NOTES*
The CoI video had a bunch of those “invisible” effects in it. One of them was the elevator door. Since Trevor needed to watch the band perform, the door had to be open. This forced us to add the door in post. Since the elevator was shaking all around while they were performing during filming, I had to motion track the elevator door to the performance shot as well.

The elevator shot is a cropped letterbox and used a Sony PD-170 and the Century Optics .3X Ultra Fisheye Adapter.

The VHS look was added after the film was shot on a Panasonic AG-DVX100B. We added some bad video effects to the raw footage after we had a picture lock, then exported it to a VHS tape. We then dubbed it back and forth to another tape then sucked it back in the computer. FYI… a dub of a dub 10x looks terrible.

Good times.
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CAST/CREW

Healthy Spines___________________________________

Captain of Industry is:
Nathan Peters – boards, guitar and vocals
John Lakes – percussion and vocals
Kevin Oldfield – guitar, percussion and electronics
Ian Sperry – bass and vocals
Tommy Cooper – guitar

Cast:
Man – Nathan
Saddeste Robotte – Kelsey Hopkins

Crew:
Writer/Director – Trevor Hollen
Cinematographer – Joe Telich
Editor/Effects – Chris “biZo” Stevens
Producer – Christa Bloede

Galaxy Girl______________________________________

Atomic Johnny is:
NAPALM 69: Vocals & Farfisa
MISSION 13: Guitar & Vocals
RAYGUNN 138: Expresso Drums

Cast:
The Galaxy Girls were The Gem City Roller Girls & The Ohio Roller Girls as themselves.

Crew:
Writer/Director/Editor – Trevor Hollen
Effects – Chris “biZo” Stevens
Cinematography/Camera – Joe Telich & Chance Madison